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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting How do you compare two folders and copy the difference to a third folder in a remote server? Post 302982304 by cumeh1624 on Tuesday 27th of September 2016 07:01:30 PM
Old 09-27-2016
I know how to use rsync to sync up remote destination folder but my requirement is to compare files in local directory to files in remote directory and copy the difference to another directory in same remote server named difference.

That's why I gave an example of a rsync command, I need an example command on how this can be accomplished.

e,g,

Code:
rsync -rvcm --compare-dest=/tmp/test server.com:/tmp/test server.com:/tmp/difference

Any help is highly appreciated.
 

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